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9 minutes ago, wellsince75 said:
Jurys out on the gaffer for me.
The relentless 4-3-3 approach makes us a sitting duck. StM ran us ragged and we're lucky not to be 2 down at half time yesterday.
It took an injury to force a 4-4-2.
Appreciate he's got us to a relative safe position but his lack of adaptive approach concerns me.I’m also not overly enamoured however the fact that he has managed to pull us to safety with 4 games to go, despite having one of, if not the, worst squads in the past 30 years is quite impressive. Yesterday, we were being dominated down our left - lawless isn’t a midfielder for a 3 and doesn’t complement long at all (or vice versa), but we changed it at half time.
the trick now is to finish at high up the league as possible and get more prize money from a decent cup run; were not good enough to win it.
This summer is the biggest transfer window I can remember as a Motherwell fan. We’ve got 9/10 players under contract, the majority of whom you would like to see as backup players (Lamie, Crawford, mugabe, lawless) at the most. That means Alexander has effectively got to go out and build a first 11 with a mixture of experienced pros and prospects. I get the feeling, this summer will be defining for the clubs next 10 years. -
I never saw it coming, but we seem to be staying up. The chances of accies winning 4 on the trot and killie making up the difference is non existent.
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We didn’t learn anything today we didn’t already know. We know that we aren’t good enough defensively. We know we lack quality. We know we’re lightweight in the middle of the park. All of these contributed to our downfall. Not good enough but not surprising.
would I rather be in our position than the 3 below us? Yes. Do I think we’ll avoid the bottom spot? almost certainly. Do I think that it’ll be squeaky bum for 11th? Possibly. Do I think that this squad is riddled with players that aren’t good enough and a huge overhaul is required? Absolutely. -
Does Eddie Nolan actually exist?
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41 minutes ago, Andy_P said:
I don't disagree that it is indeed bizarre that some have featured so little or not at all, or that there will have been a list of players who have been on a shortlist based on the club/DOF/previous manager's requirements.
But as asked before when an attempt was made to absolve Alexander of any involvement in the January recruitment, are we to believe that a manager who has turned down several positions because the circumstances weren't right for him is going to relocate his family to join a club a couple of miles up the road who struggling team in a relegation battle and for whom relegation is going to dent his reputation, is going to to accept a job in the knowledge that there are four or five players whom he doesn't want going to be foisted upon him?
I just don't buy that.
It's a fair point.
If your 'hunch' is correct however it leaves me with about 50% fear for the summer. There is a mammoth rebuilding job to be done; not only in re-building a squad with arguably only 7/8 first team players on the books come June. We signed very well in Kelly and have unlocked something in Roberts however Magloire still gives me the fear (despite improved performances). The trick will be replacing our established players whom we all know to be comfortably good enough for this level, whilst not being worldbeaters (Gallagher, Campbell, O'Donnell etc). Hopefully GA will have learned enough and will learn enough between now and the end of the season to know that the squad rebuild has to contain a solid 7/8 stick on first team players that will first and foremost keep us in the division.
On a side note, does anyone have some insight on Grimshaw and his illness?
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I wonder how much money we are contributing towards the salary of Nolan and Smith?
As for Foley, I'm assuming he isn't exactly one of our lower earners on a full time contract. The full thing seems bizarre with the bodies we brought in. I'm assuming most of them were prior arranged to Alexander and we went along with it - the strategy of singing non-fit players in January reeks of Foyle.
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Excellent win
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Huge win
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Dug in well tonight which isn’t necessarily something I was expecting from this group. The return of Campbell in the middle gave us a bit of impetus in the middle of the park and showed (if it needed to be shown) what an absolute jersey robber Polworth is. Roberts contributed more tonight than Hastie has all season or Seedorf has in 2 years. Not great quality and we do look suspect at centre half but we showed a lot of effort. Credit to Watt who ran himself into the ground again.
Might not have many lovers on here and didn’t play the best tonight but Maguire plays with heart for Motherwell and sometimes as a fan, it’s all you want to see. Could have performed much better but won’t fault the guy for commitment. -
Magloire gees me the fear
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I said it earlier and I will say it again.
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7 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:
A model of how to do what, avoid relegation and settle for a bottom 6 finish, they have been as shit as us in recent weeks , a couple of results makes a big difference.
Compare like for like ie 1st choice players for both teams, not the thrown together shambles we had today, do they have better players , maybe 1 or 2, in certain positions but overall I would back us to beat them as we have done consistently in recent seasons.
We are a fan owned debt free top flight club for 30 odd years, multiple European qualifications, do StJ regularly challenge for a top 6 finish or a European spot, no. So are they miles better than us playing wise..no, how the club is run...no, they are a mid table club just like us.
This is a cross purposes argument. Are Gallagher, Campbell, O’Donnell et al. Strong enough to play for St Johnstone or most teams in the league, probably. That’s not the issue and isn’t my point. My point is that we have the perfect storm. Players with no affiliation to the club winding down their deals, short term players and loans.
Ask yourself how many of those players are committed to Motherwell for the next 2-3 years unless someone comes in with a big bid and bigger salary and the answer is probably fewer than 10% of the squad.-
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1 minute ago, Yorkyred said:
Not one of the players I mentioned is a loan or on short term deal.
Dunne hasn’t kicked a ball in 2 years, Campbell isn’t signing a new deal and Gallagher is trying to get away - scenarios covered by post
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1 minute ago, Yorkyred said:
Sorry but that’s just nonsense other than the fact they have a settled squad. They have hardly picked up any more points than we have and don’t have a crippling injury list, how on earth does that make them so much better ? We had Campbell, Dunn, OHara, Gallagher, Carson, O’Donnell, Donnelly all out today and in my view they would all have been playing if fit. That’s 7 out of the starting 11 and all our midfield and 1 out of the back four and goalkeeper. There is no way St Johnstone would have been any better if they lost that many crucial players.
We have a huge/‘injured’ squad made up of loan players, players running down their contracts and short term deals - that is of our own making. Injuries or not, there is 0 appetite or ability to battle for the club in this squad and that is completely self inflicted.
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2 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:
Still watching this one unfortunately
and my point still stands.
You don’t have a point.
Saying they are in a cup final because Celtic and rangers aren’t is both obvious and irrelevant. They have qualified on merit by winning matches and fair play to them. They have a settled sqaud and a lot of long serving players, younger players like Mccart and McCann who would walk into our side and a couple of decent recent additions also. For a mid level premiership team, they are currently a model of how to do it. They have stability and clearly a vision at the moment for how to conduct themselves - right now, I cannot see that at Motherwell to anywhere near the same degree
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1 minute ago, Spiderpig said:
Miles ahead of us , dont talk shite, they had 2 more points before today, same shit form as us, they are in a cup final basically because the ugly sisters fucked it up, so baring in mind we have 18 players on the injury list or unavailable through suspension, soo with a full list of first choice players for GA to pick they are no better than us, today excepted of course
What game are you watching?
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Case and point. Look at that at Johnstone side. They are a similar size of club/ slightly smaller, with a relatively similar playing budget. They have a solid spine, experienced pros mixed with good young players. Miles ahead of us
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2 minutes ago, steelboy said:
How many players in the squad actually give a fuck at this point.
Kelly on loan. SOD stinking attitude all season. Gallagher has apparently talked his way out of the club. Allan Campbell's value drops every time he steps on the park so he's better off injured. Polworth doesn't care. Crawford on loan. Long worst attitude ever. Cole not exactly a man you want in the trenches. Hastie on loan. Seedorf heading out the door.
Watt was the bright spark but today he looks like he has chucked it.
Terrifying.
This is the exact problem!!!
I said it in December/January, that we needed 3/4 quality bodies with experience to galvanize this squad. Not loan players, but guys tied down to contracts. Yes, it would’ve been a change of tact financially, but not having those players would be far more detrimental. For anyone who has seen the series ‘Sunderland til I die’ series 1 you can see the culture of players that don’t give a shit and what it can mean. We’re in exactly that situation and it was coming like a slow motion train wreck. We’ve brought this on ourselves-
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Well, the important thing is that we will get to hear about how gutted they are after the game. A recap video on Monday with inspirational quote and a picture of someone standing looking off camera “we go again”.
Absolutely sickened by the club this season. Woeful communication and strategy off the park, mirrored by utterly abject personnel and playing staff on it.
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Appalling
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Good god, I didn’t think it was possible to be as bad as last week... I was wrong
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Awful, awful defending
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Magloire looks like he’s in keeping with our hiring policy of abject dross. At least we’re consistent
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Lamie = bombscare
Graham Alexander
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Fair point. The division will be tougher next year. The return of hearts will see them spend big and with County and / or accies likely gone will mean that bottom fodder will be smaller than for the past few years. This build will be crucial. Alexander already pointed to a smaller squad which most will agree on however it is absolutely essential that the board understand that does not equate to a reduction in spend (which I’m highly doubtful will be the attitude adopted). We need to invest hugely in putting in place a squad which has not only the ability to kick us into the top six next season but also one which has transition plans so we’re not left with another massive job the following summer.